Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 75

Kyle’s P.O.V.

I stormed out of the guest room where I left Violet with her guardians. What was wrong with me? What was I even thinking before demanding that k**s from her? I was freaking out while thinking about what just happened between me and Violet. She recently started trusting me and I ruined everything for me with her. There was no way that she would let me come near to her any time soon now. I stopped near the couch in the living room and took a few deep breaths. The way her uncle was looking at me, I felt that he would consume me completely with his gaze.

I just wished that she wouldn’t tell them what I demanded from her. I would have plenty of time to make her understand that I was only joking and I was not serious. I ran my fingers through my hair in frustration. Was I really joking at that time? Did I really fall for her? I remembered her expression when I put my finger on her soft lips and told her what I wanted. Didn’t I really want to k**s her at that time? I closed my eyes and gulped hard because I knew the answer very well. I didn’t want to accept, but I really wanted to k**s her. “Maria”, I called Maria when I saw her coming out of the kitchen. She looked at me questioningly. “Yes, Mr Knight?” she asked me in a gentle tone.

“Uhhh… Violet’s guardians have arrived and they are in her room. Please send some refreshments for them”, I asked her and she nodded with a small smile on her lips. She went back to the kitchen and I walked towards the single seat. I threw myself on the seat and put my head on the edge of the backrest. I smiled when I remembered her reaction when I gave her that necklace. I didn’t know why I bought it for her. I saw that necklace in a jewelry shop and bought it on a whim. She was in my mind when I bought it but was nervous before giving it to her. It was a cheap necklace and I really didn’t have any idea how she would react. This was the first time that I gifted something to a girl.

The happiness on her face was something that I really didn’t expect from her when I told her that I had gotten my first paycheck and I bought that gift with my own money. I was glad that the pendant and chain were not expensive. She was right that she couldn’t accept an expensive gift because it would put her in a complicated situation. Everyone would question her and would think badly about her. The pendant looked good on her neck but I ruined everything after asking for that k**s. I was frustrated with myself now. She was not my girlfriend for whom I could ask for a k**s on her lips.

“Why are you here?” I opened my eyes when I heard Ethan’s voice. I saw Ethan and Mrs Parker coming inside the living room together. “Violet’s guardians have arrived and they are in her room”, I informed them in a calm tone, concealing all my emotions. “Have they arrived?” Mrs Parker asked me and walked towards her room immediately. Ethan came near me and sat down on the couch next to the single seat. “What happened? You were smiling while thinking about something”, he asked me with raised brows in amusement. It was really hard to hide anything from him.

“It’s nothing. I just remembered something that Marshall said about Violet when he saw her photo”, I lied about what I was thinking and used Marshall as my excuse. “What did he say?” Ethan asked me immediately. I snickered and raised my brows with a quick movement. “What?” he asked me and I huffed. “He said that she is beautiful and he would like to sign a contract with her too if she is interested in modeling. Can you think…. Violet…. Modeling”, I told him what Marshall asked me the other day. Ethan raised his brows in surprise and then chuckled. “Did you tell her about this?” he asked me and I narrowed my eyes at him in confusion.

“No… why would I do that? She is good with books but can’t do modeling”, I said in a confident tone and the corner of Ethan’s mouth curled up in a sly smile. “What?” I asked him in a flat tone this time. He shook his head while lowering a little. “Nothing… but you should tell this to mom”, he said and I just shrank my eyes carelessly. “I will tell mom later”, I said and then looked in the other direction. My phone started ringing in my pocket. I took my phone out and looked at the caller ID. I knitted my brows when I saw my father’s name on the caller ID. “This is my father”, I told Ethan, who was looking at me questioningly.

I stood up and walked outside the living room towards the backyard. I didn’t want anyone to listen to my conversation with my father it was never the pleasant one. I picked up the call and put the phone on my ear. “You started modeling?” he yelled as soon as I put the phone on my ear. I immediately pulled the phone away from ear to save my eardrums. He was really loud. I put the phone back on my ear after a few seconds. “Yeah…. So?” I asked him in a careless tone. “So???? Do you know how embarrassed I was when someone showed me your photograph in a magazine during a get-together?” he yelled again, and I scoffed this time.

“What was embarrassing in that, huh? I need money to feed myself and this provides me with what I need. I worked to earn money”, I replied to him in a calm tone. “You are going too far, Kyle”, he yelled in anger again. “How?” I once again asked him in a calm tone. I was now in the garden in the backyard. “What?” he yelled again and I rolled my eyes in frustration. “I asked how? How I am going too far? I am living on my own. I need to fulfill my day-to-day needs, my school fee, and other expenses. I have to earn money for myself and I don’t think that I did anything wrong here. It’s a clean and transparent business”, I explained myself again to him in a calm tone.

“You don’t need to do all this if you listen to us and come back home”, he spoke again the same nonsense but his tone was calm this time. “I am not coming back, dad. I am planning to leave the city after my school. I have rented a place so that you cannot blame anyone else that I left home. I am on my own now”, I told him my decision in a firm tone. He needed to understand that I was no longer that boy who uses to live under his shadow. They couldn’t give me what I wanted then I also couldn’t give them what they wanted from me. “You know that I can make you suffer whenever I want?” he suddenly threatened me and I scoffed once again.

“Then make me suffer, dad so that I can hate you with my complete heart. Make me suffer, dad so that I can say that I did the right thing by leaving that damn place of yours because I suffered the most there. Make me suffer, dad so that I can leave this city with no guilt or remorse and can blame you all my life for all my miseries. I have no money in my pocket. I walk to reach my destination because I have no car. Still, I am happy because no one is going to taunt me that I am nothing without him. I can sleep peacefully at the night. I have to adjust all my time according to my part-time petty jobs and my studies, which exhaust me completely still I am happy because it makes me feel content. Can you give me that peace and that feeling of contentment?” I yelled in anger in the end while answering his threat.

“Make me suffer, dad so that you can comfort your ego because your ego is greater than me and my happiness. You are a successful businessman but a complete failure when it comes to parenting and you can’t change this fact, not in this lifetime”, I taunted him in a very cold tone and hung up before he could say anything else. I kicked a pebble hard in frustration and screamed in anger. I didn’t realize that I was now breathing heavily due to anger and frustration. I flinched harder when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked behind and closed my eyes when I saw Ethan standing there.

“Are you really planning to go somewhere else after school?” he asked me in a hurtful tone and I lowered my head. There was a thick silence between us for a good few moments. “When were you planning to tell me about this, huh?” he asked me in a mocking tone after some time. “Ethan… listen to me”, I replied to him in a calm tone and put my hand on his shoulder. He yanked my hand away from me while looking at me with a hurtful gaze. “You listen to me, Kyle….. I… I always treat you like my own brother…. I … I never treat you like someone else but my brother… yet… yet you always leave me alone as if I don’t matter to you”, he yelled at me in anger. The pain in his eyes stabbed my heart badly.

“I am not going anywhere, Ethan. I said that only in anger, okay. Do I have any place where I can go after leaving this city, huh?” I immediately told him the truth about my statement. He raised his brows in suspicion and I gave him a knowing look. He blew a breath of relief and before I could process it, he came forward and pulled me into his embrace. I smiled and embraced him too. “You almost gave me a heart attack, bro… don’t ever do this again”, he said in a calm tone but I felt a hint of fear in his voice. The warmth of his embrace filled my heart. I smiled bitterly because I knew the whole truth. It was only a threat to my father but if they really do something against me, then I would have no choice but to leave this city for good. I didn’t know what I was going to do in the future but one thing which was clear to me was that I was not going to let my parents control my life again.